# 1970 European Aquatics Championships

The 1970 European Aquatics Championships were held in Barcelona, Spain from 5 to 13 September 1970. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men). The swimming program was significantly expanded. Both men and women competed in the 200 m freestyle, 100 m breaststroke and 200 individual medley for the first time. Furthermore, in the men's swimming program the 100 m butterfly was introduced and the 100 m backstroke was re-introduced after having been absent for the last two championships. In the women's swimming program, the 800 m freestyle, 200 m backstroke and 200 m butterfly were introduced.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Spain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany | 16 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | West Germany | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Hungary | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | France | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Spain* | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 |

## Medal summary
### Diving
#### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard | Franco Cagnotto (ITA) | 555.21 | Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) | 534.72 | Vladimir Vasin (URS) | 529.80 |
| 10 m platform | Lothar Matthes (GDR) | 454.74 | Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) | 444.18 | Franco Cagnotto (ITA) | 435.36 |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard | Heidi Becker (GDR) | 420.63 | Marina Janicke (GDR) | 407.22 | Tamara Safonova (URS) | 405.60 |
| 10 m platform | Milena Duchková (TCH) | 336.33 | Marina Janicke (GDR) | 329.85 | Sylvia Fiedler (GDR) | 322.26 |

### Swimming
#### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Michel Rousseau (FRA) | 52.9 | Roland Matthes (GDR) | 53.5 | Georgiy Kulikov (URS) | 53.7 |
| 200 m freestyle | Hans Fassnacht (FRG) | 1:55.2 | Gunnar Larsson (SWE) | 1:55.7 | Georgiy Kulikov (URS) | 1:56.6 |
| 400 m freestyle | Gunnar Larsson (SWE) | 4:02.6 | Hans Fassnacht (FRG) | 4:03.0 | Santiago Esteva (ESP) | 4:08.3 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Hans Fassnacht (FRG) | 16:19.9 | Werner Lampe (FRG) | 16:25.6 | Santiago Esteva (ESP) | 16:35.7 |
| 100 m backstroke | Roland Matthes (GDR) | 58.9 | Santiago Esteva (ESP) | 59.9 | Bob Schoutsen (NED) | 1:00.4 |
| 200 m backstroke | Roland Matthes (GDR) | 2:08.8 | Santiago Esteva (ESP) | 2:09.7 | Volker Werner (GDR) | 2:11.5 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Nikolay Pankin (URS) | 1:06.8 | Roger-Philippe Menu (FRA) | 1:07.8 | Rolf Klees (FRG) | 1:08.1 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Klaus Katzur (GDR) | 2:26.0 | Nikolay Pankin (URS) | 2:26.1 | Walter Kusch (FRG) | 2:28.2 |
| 100 m butterfly | Hans Lampe (FRG) | 57.5 | Udo Poser (GDR) | 57.9 | Vladimir Nemshilov (URS) | 58.0 |
| 200 m butterfly | Udo Poser (GDR) | 2:08.0 | Folkert Meeuw (FRG) | 2:08.2 | Hartmut Flöckner (GDR) | 2:09.6 |
| 200 m individual medley | Gunnar Larsson (SWE) | 2:09.3 | Matthias Pechmann (GDR) | 2:13.6 | Hans Ljungberg (SWE) | 2:14.3 |
| 400 m individual medley | Gunnar Larsson (SWE) | 4:36.2 | Hans Fassnacht (FRG) | 4:36.9 | Matthias Pechmann (GDR) | 4:40.6 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union Vladimir Bure Viktor Mazanov Georgiy Kulikov Leonid Ilyichev | 3:32.3 | West Germany Gerhard Schiller Rainer Jacob Folkert Meeuw Hans Fassnacht | 3:34.1 | East Germany Roland Matthes Lutz Unger Frank Seebald Udo Poser | 3:34.6 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | West Germany Werner Lampe Olaf von Schilling Folkert Meeuw Hans Fassnacht | 7:49.5 | Soviet Union Georgiy Kulikov Ahmed Anarbayev Aleksandr Samsonov Vladimir Bure | 7:52.8 | East Germany Lutz Unger Wilfried Hartung Roland Matthes Udo Poser | 7:54.5 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | East Germany Roland Matthes Klaus Katzur Udo Poser Lutz Unger | 3:54.4 | France Jean-Paul Berjeau Roger-Philippe Menu Alain Mosconi Michel Rousseau | 3:57.6 | Soviet Union Viktor Krasko Nikolay Pankin Vladimir Nemshilov Leonid Ilyichev | 3:58.0 |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Gabriele Wetzko (GDR) | 59.6 | Mirjana Šegrt (YUG) | 1:00.8 | Alexandra Jackson (GBR) | 1:00.8 |
| 200 m freestyle | Gabriele Wetzko (GDR) | 2:08.2 | Mirjana Šegrt (YUG) | 2:11.9 | Yvonne Nieber (GDR) | 2:12.8 |
| 400 m freestyle | Elke Sehmisch (GDR) | 4:32.9 | Gunilla Jonsson (SWE) | 4:36.8 | Karin Tülling (GDR) | 4:38.0 |
| 800 m freestyle | Karin Neugebauer (GDR) | 9:29.1 | Linda de Boer (NED) | 9:35.7 | Novella Calligaris (ITA) | 9:38.8 |
| 100 m backstroke | Tinatin Lekveishvili (URS) | 1:07.8 | Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) | 1:07.9 | Cobie Buter (NED) | 1:08.5 |
| 200 m backstroke | Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) | 2:25.5 | Barbara Hofmeister (GDR) | 2:26.6 | Tinatin Lekveishvili (URS) | 2:27.1 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Galina Stepanova-Prozumenshchikova (URS) | 1:15.6 | Uta Frommater (FRG) | 1:16.9 | Alla Grebennikova (URS) | 1:16.9 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Galina Stepanova-Prozumenshchikova (URS) | 2:40.7 | Alla Grebennikova (URS) | 2:43.5 | Dorothy Harrison (GBR) | 2:45.6 |
| 100 m butterfly | Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) | 1:05.0 | Helga Lindner (GDR) | 1:05.6 | Edeltraut Koch (FRG) | 1:05.8 |
| 200 m butterfly | Helga Lindner (GDR) | 2:20.2 | Mirjana Šegrt (YUG) | 2:24.5 | Evelyn Stolze (GDR) | 2:25.6 |
| 200 m individual medley | Martina Grunert (GDR) | 2:26.6 | Evelyn Stolze (GDR) | 2:29.3 | Shelagh Ratcliffe (GBR) | 2:29.6 |
| 400 m individual medley | Evelyn Stolze (GDR) | 5:07.0 | Brigitte Schuchardt (GDR) | 5:18.3 | Shelagh Ratcliffe (GBR) | 5:19.6 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | East Germany Gabriele Wetzko Iris Komar Elke Sehmisch Sabine Schulze | 4:00.8 | Hungary Andrea Gyarmati Judit Turóczy Edit Kovács Magdolna Patoh | 4:02.7 | Sweden Elisabeth Berglund Eva Andersson Anita Zarnowiecki Gunilla Jonsson | 4:07.4 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | East Germany Barbara Hofmeister Brigitte Schuchardt Helga Lindner Gabriele Wetzko | 4:30.1 | Soviet Union Tinatin Lekveishvili Galina Stepanova-Prozumenshchikova Valentina Tutayeva Tatyana Zolotnitskaya | 4:31.3 | West Germany Angelika Kraus Uta Frommater Heike Nagel Heidemarie Reineck | 4:33.4 |

### Water polo

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's competition | Soviet Union | Hungary | Yugoslavia |